Backlash from attack ad upends Ohio gubernatorial race
An ad from Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's {vih-vaik rah-mah-SWOM-eez} campaign for governor shows his opponent's mother calling her a liar, amid accounts by…
NPR reports that an ad from Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's {vih-vaik rah-mah-SWOM-eez} campaign for governor shows his opponent's mother calling her a liar, amid accounts by Democrat Amy Acton of an abusive childhood.
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